What follows in this post, is a report found at
Breitbart.com. it brings up an aspect
about ObamaCare is proving to be a monstrous issue. It appears that resistance to ObamaCare, at all levels of our society, whether public or private, will institutionalize the failure of
ObamaCare. Private industry is turning
over its employed populations to the Feds,
something Obama promised would not happen, something that will inflate the cost of this
idiot “plan” far beyond predicted costs. Adding to the cost, is the pressure brought to bear by the
several states who have declared a refusal to be used in the setting up of the
Federal exchanges needed to facilitate this colossal expansion of
government. Because as many as 25
states will not spend money to set up this scam, the Federal government will have to come up
with billions of dollars, it had not
intended to spend, to get this program
off the ground. . . . . . . . . .
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A perfect example of rightwing reporting nonsense. (Yes, our side plays the misinformation game, too).
In this article from the Daily Caller, the point of the text is the “dumbing down”
of American education. As an
example, the Caller used Jeapardy with
the first time ever, tie game, featuring all “zeros” as final totals. All three contestants wound up with no
money, after trying to answer the final
question. “Dumbing down” was the conclusion of the Daily Caller.
Obviously, the author
of this article is more the example,
than the young people on the award winning program. I watched the show. I was as surprised as anyone with its outcome. I do not remember the final totals before
each young candidate placed their final wager, but I do remember
the total of the young man on the left, in the picture below ---
he had won 16,400 dollars -- no “dumbing
down” represented in that total ! Unfortunately, he did not have the final answer, and had bet the entire $16,400.
The Daily Caller missed this point, but reported its ignorant conclusion anyway.
Talk about “dumbing down !!!!!”
Dr. Benjamin Carson confronts "death panels," deficit spending and class warfare. No applause from Obama (video)
Obama applauded just once,
at the end of Dr. Carson’s speech,
probably because it was over,
since he saw no need to applaud at any time during the speech. Michelle was quite generous with her
applause, as was the audience, in general.
Toward the end of Dr. Carson’s speech, you will hear him attack “death panels,” class warfare, “fiscal irresponsibility.” I listened to the entire speech and took away this observation: Carson's subtle criticisms were well received, proving that this nation can recover after Obama is gone. I especially enjoyed his comment about the "bald" eagle as a symbol of this nation's freedom. He made the point that the eagle is able to rise in the skies because of its wings . . . . . . a left wing and a right wing.
Sequester is about cutting 100 billion per year for ten years, while we will spend 4 trillion per year, during that same period of time. Do the math before you start crying and gnashing your teeth.
Here is a “white paper” directly from the White House
site, trying to stoke the fires of
fear and concern for the fast approaching
Sequester that is due to be imposed at
the end of this month. Take a moment and
scroll down its text. Note its comprehensive
appearance. A simple glance at this
document would seem to tell you, “This is the beginning of the end of the
world.”
Now, think about
these two facts and know that the white paper is so much nonsense.
First, B Obama and
his buddy, Jack Lew, his nominee for Secretary of Treasury, came up this big idea. It was their idea, to begin with !!
Secondly, because of
a thing called “services baseline budgeting,
every category of government spending increases AUTOMATICALLY by 5 to 8
percent each and every year, depending
upon the category , itself.
In the coming 10 year period, we will add 47 trillion (with a T), to budgetary spending. The Sequester, takes that total down by 1.2 trillion ---
in other words, next to
nothing, so let's stop all the hair pulling and pretend grief. It is true that the military will be hit the hardest, but will survive. The blessing in all this, is the fact, that the Dems only want to cut military spending, but 500 billion dollars in this deal, will be taken out of entitlement spending (against their will) . Understand that Medicare is 47 trillion in debt and Social Security is 17 trillion. We have no choice but to do something -- and this 500 billion is spread over the course of 10 years, or 50 billion per year. I am saying, we can do this. Certainly, there will be a little pain, but, again, we have no choice; we are fast running out of money and "entitlements" are more the cause than is military spending - by far.
Fact Sheet: Examples of How the Sequester Would Impact
Middle Class Families, Jobs and Economic Security
Unless
Congress acts by March 1st, a series of automatic cuts—called a sequester—that
threaten thousands of jobs and the economic security of the middle class will
take effect. There is no question that we need to cut the deficit, but
the President believes it should be done in a balanced way that protects
investments that the middle class relies on. Already, the President has
worked with Congress to reduce the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion, but
there’s more to do. The President believes we can not only avoid the
harmful effects of a sequester but also reduce the deficit by $4 trillion total
by cutting even more wasteful spending and eliminating tax loopholes for the
wealthy. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A note to my readership about this blog's future.
This blog is dedicated to political news effecting our
United States of America and commentary (mostly original) regarding this
politic. Although I will break with
this designed agenda from time to time,
still, this is not a sports
blog, a gossip blog, a movie review blog or a general information
blog. It is a political blog, and when there is no “politicking” going
on, there is little to report or
review.
We are in the slowest political news cycle of the past 5
years. Headlines on the several news
portals I use for information, remain
essentially the same for days, with very
little change. Friday nights are often
given to “news dumping,” the release of
That racist cop killer is still in the news and running free. 40 individuals Dorner intends to kill are being protected until this loser is caught.
The radicalized Left is coming together in a media show of support for this angry black whiner, a man who blames race for his problems, in spite of the fact that many of his superiors (on the LA police force) are, themselves, black.
To read many of the comments on Twitter, you would think he is a hero instead of a
cold blooded murderer of an Asian girl and her boyfriend and two cops, one of which supported him in his official
complaints.
But, as I have
pointed out many times, the political
Left has been taken over by this violent demographic and it is part of the
reason some of us buy guns. Self
protection is no one’s “fantasy need.”
Loss of interest in the politics of division is at an all-time high.
It's almost like they don't give a damn," he said, in a "Squawk Box" interview that aired Friday.
The Oscar-winning director who's also known for his tough-guy roles asked rhetorically, "If they don't give a damn, why did they expect anybody else to?" (source: CNBC News)
Political blog traffic is down, across the board, liberal and conservative publishers, combined.
I have lost nearly two thirds of my traffic since the November
elections, and still, my world wide ranking is the same as
before. Conclusion? My traffic woes are identical to all other
blogs or my rating would have fallen by 10 million or more. It has not.
We have good reason to disbelieve all of Iran's military claims.
From the loony regime that just figured how to shoot a
monkey into space: Iran now claims it
has its own homemade, radar-beating stealth fighter jet.
But aviation and defense experts say the tiny one-seater
looks like a toy and might not even be able to fly — calling it a “laughable
fake.”
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled the Qaher
F313 at a Tehran hangar last week and called it “one of the most advanced”
aircraft in the world.
But the experts said it was too small for a human pilot —
and the controls and wiring looked too simple for a real jet. (from the New York Post)
Understand that Iran may not be the terrible threat some in this world think it is. Certainly, its goals of regional dominance and the destruction of Israel are real, but just how advanced is its military complex, remains to be seen.
Iran continues to advance itself, militarily, because, in part, of a feckless US foreign policy - thanks to Obama and Secretary Hillary Clinton.
Iran has long claimed it managed to reverse-engineer the
RQ-170 Sentinel, seized in December 2011 after it entered Iranian airspace from
its eastern border with Afghanistan, and that it's capable of launching its own
production line for the unmanned aircraft. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Understand that the buffoon's in charge of Obama’s defense
department, allowed a spy drone to “crash” land in the deserts of Iran. While they had time to either rescue the
fallen craft or destroy it,
instead, they did nothing
allowing the Iranian’s to capture the pristine aircraft (pictures in Iranian hands, above), and work to replicate
its advanced engineering.
One wonders what is Obama’s plan for the Muslim/Jihadist
Middle East.
He insults Israel at every
turn, labeling the Jewish nation an “occupier”
in his infamous “Cairo speech” of 2009.
He refuses to call Jerusalem the capital of Israel. He expects Israel to return to the pre-1967
boundaries. He sits on his hands, to this day,
while Iran gets ever closer to becoming a
Chris Dorner, the LA cop killer on the loose, is a product (?) of the anarchist Progressive community and here is why.
Christopher Jordan Dorner
went on a killing rampage yesterday,
and is still on the loose, today,
after killing three in a series of revenge killings. He is angry that he was fired as a LA
cop, and – of course – blames race
prejudice for the action against him.
All angry black Obama supporters blame “racism” for their failures.
He voted for Obama,
supports Piers Morgan and is a life-long Democrat. Should we blame Provgressivism and its trend
to violent rebellion? “They" blamed Palin
and the teaparty for the Gabby Gifford shootings, in spite of the fact that the moron who
committed that crime was a liberal.
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